Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 17

In a blink of an eye, winter is here.Since the birthday banquet in summer, Mrs. Chen has been ordered by the old lady to assist the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law in managing Yunqiwei's mansion, and has been busy with various trivial matters in the mansion.She promised to take Shi Niang and her nieces to a horse race, but it failed.It wasn't until Mrs. Chen Jiasan took advantage of the plum blossoms on the Zhuangzi to post a post to invite her and Shiniang to go to the Zhuangzi to enjoy the flowers and eat wine. Then she informed the old lady, and took Shiniang out of the mansion to meet Mrs. Chen San when she had time.

It has been less than half a year since Shiniang and Mrs. Chen visited the Chen Mansion last time, the Chen Mansion has not changed much.The ground dragon was laid early, so that the old lady would not be cold when she was old.

Mrs. Chen is still in charge of keeping the house in order, and the second wife not only takes care of her own small yard, but also takes on the important task of teaching the young ladies of the Chen family about needlework.

The second wife's natal family is from the south, so she is good at embroidery, so it is her duty to do her part.After Shi Niang found out, she was always ashamed of the fact that she was playing ax in front of Lu Ban's family back then.

On the contrary, the eldest lady comforted the tenth mother with a cold face and a warm heart, "It is good that the eldest girl has the heart to do it seriously. Your grandmother loves the double-sided embroidered screen you gave the old lady, but your second aunt never made it by hand. In terms of patience, the girl is much stronger than your second aunt."

Shi Niang no longer struggled, but when she got a chance to write a letter with her cousins, she did not forget to attach the embroidery and asked the second wife to comment on it.The second lady guided her sincerely, and the needlework of Shi Niang's embroidery skills developed by leaps and bounds.

The eldest wife is strict in running the house, the second wife is strict in teaching, but the third wife loves to play and play, and often takes the girls in the house to play.When Chen was at home, she often followed the third sister-in-law to clean up the mess for the nieces.Because of Chen's calm personality, the sister-in-laws also rest assured that she and the third wife will take the ladies with them.The girls of the Chen family go to Zhuangzi every year to race horses, play ball, enjoy flowers and drink.

In previous years, it was the Chen family who were there, and only the adults in the family allowed them to go out. This time, through the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Du family, the girls together, the four aunts, were no longer unreliable as the third aunt, so they could only beg Chen to take Shi Niang to the Zhuangzi.After Mrs. Chen agreed, the girls started to prepare their luggage for Zhuangzi, but Mrs. Chen on the other side was stumbled by trivial matters in the mansion.The third lady couldn't bear the torture, so she had to post a message to Du's mansion to invite Mrs. Chen.

Compared with the Du family, the Chen family does not have so many girls, and all of them are bright and cheerful.There are only three girls in the first and second rooms.There are only two legitimate sons in the third house, and none of them belonged to Mrs. Chen San.The current Mrs. Chen San is the biological younger sister of Mrs. Xiantou. Since she was a child, she and her sister have come to Chen's house as guests, and they have been acquainted with the whole family.

The first third wife gave birth to a second son with dystocia, and entrusted her husband and child to her own sister at the end of her life.After Mrs. Chen San married her brother-in-law, she devoted herself to raising the children left by her sister.

Because they are aunts, the two sons are also close to her.The third wife grew up with Mrs. Chen, and they became step-wives separately, but the circumstances were the same, except that the third Mrs. was a sharp-mouthed and tofu-hearted character, and she and Mrs. Chen would occasionally pick each other up.The sister-in-laws at home also let the two of them mess around like this.

The matter of going to Zhuangzi this time, besides the urging of the ladies, is it not that the third lady is looking for an opportunity to let Mrs. Chen go out quickly?Mrs. Chen appreciates her gratitude, and she will not be soft-spoken at all if she should fight.

No, as soon as we met, Mrs. Chen started to provoke the flames of war.

"I knew that the third sister-in-law couldn't suppress the monkeys at home, and had to trouble me, a girl who was out of the house, to come out. If you know, our family loves the girl and invites the girl to the Zhuangzi to enjoy the flowers; if you don't know, you may not know how to arrange it behind the scenes What about the third sister-in-law. The third sister-in-law actually posted a post to invite her, which is really admirable."

As soon as Mrs. Chen's words fell, Mrs. Chen San immediately gave her a blank look, "Young lady is so arrogant, she will be very angry when she goes out. Could it be that the Chen family still can't invite you? I'm used to treating people's good intentions as evil I don’t care. Next time, I don’t care about you, let’s go and play by ourselves, and you can go with your troubles.”

The third wife didn't say much, and she ordered her servants to move the luggage to the car, while directing the girls to take the car.The girls ignored the third aunt and the fourth aunt to play tricks, and directly took Shi Niang to the car.

Mrs. Chen was hurt by the third wife, but she was not angry. She looked around and saw that there was nothing wrong with her, so she went to say goodbye to her mother and sister-in-law.When she came back, she found that Shi Niang was with her nieces, so she went to find the third lady to take a car.

A group of people set off to Zhuangzi near Beishan on the outskirts of Beijing.

The Chen family has a hot spring Zhuangzi in Beishan, the suburb of Yujing. When winter comes, the girls in the family like to spend the winter in the Zhuangzi.The village is warm and pleasant, soaking in hot springs, drinking fine wine, reciting poems and composing, racing horses and playing ball, without the supervision of adults at home, without going to school and learning all kinds of rules, not to mention how comfortable it is.

When Mrs. Chen was at home, although her temper was calm, everyone had learned everything about girls, and she had a good reputation among her boudoirs. Otherwise, the old lady of the Du family would not have personally arranged for Mrs. Chen to go to the Chen family for Shi Niang's father.

Because the Chen family also started with military exploits, and they are also family friends with the Du family, but the Du family keeps a low profile because of their titles. In recent years, none of the children in the family have entered the military camp to practice. , and the rest were all turned into civil servants.The girls in the family are trained according to the ladies of the aristocratic family, and they can't kung fu, fist, horse, horse and hunting.

Therefore, after Mrs. Chen married into Du's house, she was surprised to see that Shi Niang was weak.She also urged Shi Niang to start recuperating her body from diet therapy and kung fu.The girls of the Chen family are more or less good at self-defense, especially horse racing and ball games.

The Chen family's hot spring Zhuangzi is well-known in Beijing. It is not special because it is located in the suburbs of Beijing and has many springs, but because there is a small racecourse near the hot spring for girls to play.

When Shi Niang was at home, she had heard the Chen family talk about the Chen family's hot spring village, and she was also yearning for the racetrack.When she was learning Wuqinxi from Chen Shi, Chen Shi said that she was a little thin and would teach her how to ride a horse when she had time.

Therefore, Shi Niang is very excited about this trip.Since the death of her mother, Shi Niang has been living in various schemes, and only if she has schemes can she survive in the dangerous environment.

After her stepmother entered the mansion, Shi Niang felt a sense of relief. With the check and balance of all forces, she could live a comfortable life.Mrs. Chen not only controlled the backyard of the fourth bedroom, but also had a certain right to speak in the mansion. Even the dowry shop of the first wife was taken back from the old lady and handed over to Shi Niang for Shi Niang to control freely, and stated the dowry of the first wife Let Shi Niang take care of everything by herself, and no one in the fourth room can get involved. When Shi Niang gets married, in addition to Mrs. Lu's dowry, she will also buy a dowry for Shi Niang.

Shi Niang was once again protected by the Chen family, but the dowry might not be available.Ever since she knew she was going to enter the palace, Shi Niang was not so attached to some things.Sometimes when I see Chen's concern for her, I want to tell her that she will not do useless work, and that I may not be her strong help in the future.But looking at Chen's busy schedule for himself, he couldn't say some words.Well, right now, I'm still greedy for this good time.

Here Shi Niang let go of these troubles and chatted and played with the cousins ​​of the Chen family, while Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen San were also talking about intimate topics of women's family over there.About Ten Niang is an unavoidable topic mentioned between the two women.

"Xiao Si, why did you hear that you took back the dowry shop of the first wife from your mother-in-law for the sake of Shi Niang? Isn't this what people say that you are trying to get the dowry of your stepdaughter? Your brothers are here for this matter. But not less worrying."

After all, the third lady was thinking about the Chen family and couldn't help but criticize the Chen family.

"I acted quickly on this matter, which caused the gossip to gossip from the servants of the screwdriver. It is obvious that my mother-in-law is in charge of the shop left by Shi Niang's mother, but it is losing money every year. In secret, it is not the handwriting of those few. My sister-in-law has long hands, and she dares to withhold money from officials secretly, not to mention the good things left by Shi Niang's mother. You also saw the embroidery that our girl prepared for our house last time. Those The material is left by her mother. Even her mother is full of praise for the screen she embroiders, but no matter how good the embroidery is, the mother can appreciate it? The sister-in-law is probably thinking about the dowry money of her niece. For several years."

Mrs. Chen didn't expect that her elder brother would be discussed by others about her family's affairs, but it was time for the servants in the family to beat him up again, so it took him a long time to be honest.

"The material Shi Niang took out last time is indeed a good thing. It's just that it's good, and it was left for the girl by her mother. Your sister-in-law is really... But how did I hear that your sister-in-law also joined forces with Sifang to deal with it back then? The second room, that one complained a lot in her natal family. You know that my aunt has a relationship with her natal sister-in-law, and it's nothing unreasonable. Why did she turn around and start targeting your fourth room? "

"There is no talk of joining forces with people like us. It's just for the sake of gaining what we need. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Look at my third family. It's not that we don't want to make a move, but that the time is too late; when the time comes, we should When she made the move, she was unambiguous. The one who was for the children of her own family broke the balance of the government for more than ten years. But I have to thank her for making the move, otherwise my life will be difficult. I am blocking My sister-in-law's fortune, she must hate me so much."

Mrs. Chen does not shy away from her natal sister-in-law, and chats with the third wife occasionally.

"She takes care of the house. My mother-in-law has grown older these past few years, and her energy is not as good as it was in the early years. All the housekeepers are under the orders of my sister-in-law. Ten Niang's mother's shop was originally run by the Lu family's dowry. After I begged to go to Nanshan to take out the shop and hand it over to my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law's people were replaced in the shop. Now these people are still obedient to my mother-in-law, but they are secretly manipulated or bought by my sister-in-law."

"My sister-in-law likes to take advantage of her, but no one is behind such a big matter, and she will not take it lightly. In all likelihood, it was the one in our backyard who disturbed it. The front yard and backyard of our house are so lively No, it’s true that some people are happy and some people are sad.”

Chen was also very emotional for a while.Although she was born in a wealthy family, her mother was extremely strict in her family, and the backyard was managed like an iron bucket.

The people in the brother's room were also very respectful to the sister-in-law, but I have never seen such a chaotic backyard like Du's mansion, heh.

"The one in your family? It's courageous enough and cruel enough."

(End of this chapter)